Schedule

WordCamp Sacramento 2017 is happening Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Saturday runs from 8:40 am to 5:00 pm, with a fantastic lunch.
A Networking Reception will be held immediately following the event on Saturday, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Sunday runs from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, with a spread of afternoon treats and delights.
The purchase of a Community Sponsor Ticket includes an invitation to the exclusive Kick-Off Dinner on Friday, September 15 at 6:30 pm.

Throughout the event, you are welcome to move freely between all rooms/tracks/sessions, including the Beginner track, attending whatever sessions interest you the most.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Time	Peace	Love	Freedom
8:40 am	Opening Remarks
9:00 am	The Single Thing You Need To Get Right to Succeeding at Peace, Love, And WordPress Chris Lema Favorite session: The Single Thing You Need To Get Right to Succeeding at Peace, Love, And WordPress	The Future: Why Open Matters Aaron D. Campbell Favorite session: The Future: Why Open Matters	WordPress Beginner Track: Introduction Gregg Franklin Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Introduction
9:50 am	Supercharge Theme Development With Component Libraries Carrie Forde Favorite session: Supercharge Theme Development With Component Libraries	Off With It’s Head: Using WordPress As A Decoupled CMS For A Single Page Application Treighton Mauldin Favorite session: Off With It’s Head: Using WordPress As A Decoupled CMS For A Single Page Application	WordPress Beginner Track: The Dashboard Joshua Knapp Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: The Dashboard
10:40 am	Practical Security Framework For Website Owners Tony Perez Favorite session: Practical Security Framework For Website Owners	Intro To Configuration Management Tessa Kriesel Favorite session: Intro To Configuration Management	WordPress Beginner Track: The Dashboard, Continued
11:30 am	Accelerating Custom Development with Dynamic Scaffolding and WP-CLI Ben Byrne Favorite session: Accelerating Custom Development with Dynamic Scaffolding and WP-CLI	Speed Networking: Meet Other WordCampers And Grow Your Network Jennifer Bourn Favorite session: Speed Networking: Meet Other WordCampers And Grow Your Network	WordPress Beginner Track: Wrap Up, Help, Q&A Joshua Knapp, Verious Smith, Gregg Franklin, Heather Hogan Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Wrap Up, Help, Q&A
12:10 pm	Lunch
1:40 pm	Entrepreneurial Resilience: Handling The Toughest Times In Business And Surviving Cory Miller Favorite session: Entrepreneurial Resilience: Handling The Toughest Times In Business And Surviving	The WordPress REST API: A Development Primer Andrew Taylor Favorite session: The WordPress REST API: A Development Primer	WordPress Beginner Track: Themes Verious Smith Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Themes
2:30 pm	Content Hacks For Nonprofits Bridget Willard Favorite session: Content Hacks For Nonprofits	Distribute Allthethings: WordPress And The Era Of Multiple Content Channels Jake Goldman Favorite session: Distribute Allthethings: WordPress And The Era Of Multiple Content Channels	WordPress Beginner Track: Plugins Heather Hogan Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Plugins
3:20 pm	Coding For The Masses Justin Busa Favorite session: Coding For The Masses	How to Develop a Color Palette for your Website Amanda McCoy Favorite session: How to Develop a Color Palette for your Website	WordPress Beginner Track: Deployment Gregg Franklin Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Deployment
3:30 pm	Coding For The Masses, Continued	Fun With Fonts: Using The Right Fonts For Your WordPress Website Amber Hewitt Favorite session: Fun With Fonts: Using The Right Fonts For Your WordPress Website	WordPress Beginner Track: Deployment, Continued
3:40 pm	Coding For The Masses, Continued	How To Optimize Images For SEO Leslie Staller Favorite session: How To Optimize Images For SEO	WordPress Beginner Track: Deployment, Continued
4:10 pm	Project Management Success Amber Hewitt, Katie Elenberger, Chris Lema, Justin Sainton, Jake Goldman Favorite session: Project Management Success	Measure: Transform Analytics Ben Ilfeld Favorite session: Measure: Transform Analytics	WordPress Beginner Track: Wrap Up, Help, Q&A Joshua Knapp, Verious Smith, Gregg Franklin, Heather Hogan Favorite session: WordPress Beginner Track: Wrap Up, Help, Q&A
5:00 pm	Networking Reception

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Time	Peace	Love	Freedom
5:00 pm	Networking Reception
10:40 am	Beginning Remarks
11:00 am	WordPress Performance – Foundation and Tactics Matt Vanderpol Favorite session: WordPress Performance – Foundation and Tactics	Launching Membership Websites: The Nitty Gritty Business Of A Successful Launch Kim Shivler Favorite session: Launching Membership Websites: The Nitty Gritty Business Of A Successful Launch	Building Community To Supercharge Your Niche Blog Mendel Kurland Favorite session: Building Community To Supercharge Your Niche Blog
11:50 am	Legal Considerations for WordPress Designers, Developers, and Users Cameron Rhudy Favorite session: Legal Considerations for WordPress Designers, Developers, and Users	Best Practices for your Nonprofit Website Matt Cromwell Favorite session: Best Practices for your Nonprofit Website	Demystifying WordPress Multisite: When Is Multisite A Good Choice And When Is It Not? Mike Fitzpatrick Favorite session: Demystifying WordPress Multisite: When Is Multisite A Good Choice And When Is It Not?
12:40 pm	Blogging Success And Monetization Panel Discussion Jennifer Bourn, Kayla Butler, Terry Webster Schrandt, Dorothy Kern, Margaret Andrews Favorite session: Blogging Success And Monetization Panel Discussion	JS APIs, PHP APIs, Oh My! Vasken Hauri Favorite session: JS APIs, PHP APIs, Oh My!	You Created A Plugin. Now What? Adam W. Warner Favorite session: You Created A Plugin. Now What?
1:30 pm	Extending And Improving WooCommerce: A Tale Of Poor Performance, Turned Around Justin Sainton Favorite session: Extending And Improving WooCommerce: A Tale Of Poor Performance, Turned Around	I Wrote My Blog Post, “Now What?” Jen Miller Favorite session: I Wrote My Blog Post, “Now What?”	The Minimal Dev Jason Cosper Favorite session: The Minimal Dev
2:10 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Custom Post Types: How-To And Why Jon Trujillo Favorite session: Custom Post Types: How-To And Why	Pursuing Your Creative Passion: Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full Time Gig Katie Elenberger Favorite session: Pursuing Your Creative Passion: Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full Time Gig	Introduction To Child Theming John Locke Favorite session: Introduction To Child Theming
2:50 pm	Expanding Creativity: Utilizing SVGs on the Web Ivan Villa Favorite session: Expanding Creativity: Utilizing SVGs on the Web	Setting Up Your Own Podcast And Vlog Bill Conrad Favorite session: Setting Up Your Own Podcast And Vlog	Introduction To The Jetpack WordPress Plugin Brian Bourn Favorite session: Introduction To The Jetpack WordPress Plugin
3:20 pm	WordPress: What To DO When You Don’t Know What To DO Jarrett Gucci Favorite session: WordPress: What To DO When You Don’t Know What To DO	How To Build An Email List And Generate Qualified Leads Using WordPress AJ Morris Favorite session: How To Build An Email List And Generate Qualified Leads Using WordPress	The Benefits of Vanilla JavaScript Nate Conley Favorite session: The Benefits of Vanilla JavaScript
4:10 pm	Building A Journalist-Friendly Online Pressroom With WordPress Sallie Goetsch Favorite session: Building A Journalist-Friendly Online Pressroom With WordPress	WordPress Technical SEO; Best Practices For Publishers and eCommerce Arsen Rabinovich Favorite session: WordPress Technical SEO; Best Practices For Publishers and eCommerce	Taming BuddyPress Tanner Moushey Favorite session: Taming BuddyPress

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